... yielded £1,902,787, all other items (except House Duty) showing Decreases. The decrease of £1,004,750 in stamps is stated to have been chiefly due to the decline in the receipt of legacy and succes- sion duties as compared with the very large receipt in 1892-93 ...

... The House afterwards resinned the debate on the Budget and commenced the consideration the Government Bill, imposing a stamp duty on time bargains the Bourse. M. Yves moved the adjournment of the debate, but the proposal was rejected 426 votes to 88 ...

... change made in the beer duty, it shows anr increase of £1,778,000. The beer duty exceeded my estimate by £278,000. The dutv on fancy spirits exceeded by £421,000 the duty on hom spirits exceeded by no less than £1,Q16,000, and the duty on wine exceeded the ...

... are described as improving. ABOLITION OF I2NTIESNAL DUTIES IN ME XICO. H3itherto not only lhave there been leanv Federal import duties in Mexico, but the various States and mlnieipalities hLave also impposed separ-ate duties on the entry of goods into ...

... vanous grades more efficient. Changes made in hours work, with the view of obviating the drawbacks caused • split duties and ami short duties. and holidays am to be reduced to mom rational system. The most important jarl of the Committee's report. however ...

... took a world of pains to make a stamp do duty mote than once. To arrest this fraud, several chemical outsiders, including Faraday, set to work experiment- alising. with the result that the colour of toe black stamp was changed to red, and it was printed ...

... to maintain the worker in the highest state of industrial efficiency, and to afford him adequate ileisure to discharge the duties of citizenship. In a country like Britain, where one-filth of the population are existing under conditions that will not ...

... the last few years he was in the servire he held. the position of Postmaster at the Hunslet branch, where he discharged his duties in a straightforward nanner. He leaves a widow, a son, and four daughters, who will greatly feel their bereave- ment. Mr. ...

... by any route, reduction of apprentice stamp to 2s. 6d., reduction of health insurance stamp from 6d. to Id., the remission of the duty on gold and silver plate, reduction of 2d. in the pound on tea, of the duty on currants to 2s. per cwt., 3d. off beer ...

... own pocket. At more than one London office, when the recant proclamation was posted up the men covered it With obliterating stamps. In each case ao newv proclansa- tion was posted, end an official appointed t9o guarm it all day. The demand for an explanation ...

... with this solemn comprehensive declaration, Mr. Chancellor the Exchequer, in tli« following year included the abolition of the paper duty with the other financial proposals of the Budget in one Bill, that the Lords, if they still wished to resist thst ...

... to present a petition to the Queen pointing out the ?erious injury which the trade Windsor and district would suffer the abolition of the Royal khounds, and praying Her Majesty to retain the pack. There has been a heavy fall this year in Scotland t x value ...